frequently asked questions - faq's
To help save you time, please read our comprehensive list of FAQs where we have attempted to answer many of the types of enquiries we receive.
To help save you time, please read our comprehensive list of FAQs where we have attempted to answer many of the types of enquiries we receive.
A la carte menus
We regret we are unable to provide menus which change on a regular basis.
The websites of all our restaurants contain such information on the food and the price range as we are able to provide:
Set, Lunch, Pre-theatre Menus All our restaurants have set menus for lunch.
In addition Veeraswamy has pre and post theatre menus.
The individual websites contain the relevant information.
For Veeraswamy, please go here For Chutney Mary, please go here For Amaya, please go here
Halal Food
At Amaya, a good selection of chicken and lamb used are halal, in addition to having a wide variety of fish and vegetarian dishes.
At Chutney Mary, a good selection of lamb dishes are halal. All chicken dishes are halal. In addition, we have a large selection of seafood dishes.
At Veeraswamy, all the chicken and lamb used are halal. In addition to having a wide variety of fish and vegetarian dishes.
Our staff at all restaurants will be pleased to advise you as to which dishes are halal.
Vegetarian; Vegan Dishes Our current menus have many dishes suitable for vegetarians. Click here to find out more about Vegetarian dishes. The Vegan choice is much more limited.
For Amaya, the vegan dishes are:
For Chutney Mary, please go here
For Veeraswamy, please go here
Garlic free; Onion Free Dishes and Jain dishes Our normal menu does not include garlic-free & onion-free Indian dishes. These can only be made by special request in respect of significant orders.
However unspiced grills or roasts can be made for individual orders placed in advance.
To make special request, please click here
Nutritional Information
We regret but it is not practical to provide nutritional information on our dishes.
Dishes with peanuts
At Amaya, we regret that we are unable to serve customers with peanut allergy / intolerances.
At Amaya, we cook extensively with peanuts. Therefore, there could be accidental cross-contamination from cooking oils, utensils or peanut particles. We are therefore unable to state that any dish is peanut-free.
However, there are no such restrictions at Chutney Mary and Veeraswamy which are peanut-free restaurants.
Gluten Free Dishes
All our restaurants have a wide range of Gluten free dishes. These dishes are not identified separately on the menu.
However please inform your server of your requirement and they will be happy to assist you to make your choice and avoid you from ordering any dishes that may contain gluten.
Lactose intolerant dishes All our restaurants have a range of dairy free dishes.
For Amaya, we have a wide range of dairy free dishes. These dishes are not identified separately on the menu.
However, please inform your server of your requirement and they will be happy to assist you to make your choice and avoid you from ordering any dishes that may contain dairy.
For Chutney Mary, please go here
For Veeraswamy, please go here
Ask us here for information on private parties and events in Chutney Mary, Veeraswamy or Amaya.
Gift vouchers
Please go to the Gift Vouchers page
Food delivery; Food to Go Masala Zone has a professional online food delivery service and Food to Go. For further information click here. The fine dining restaurants do not have a Delivery or Food to Go service.
Cookbook
The cook book we have is written by Camellia Panjabi - one of our promoter Directors. It is entitled 50 Great Curries of India.
It has sold over 1.25 million copies and is the single bestselling book on Indian food in the world today. It provides illuminating explanations of the philosophy behind the food, descriptions of exotic spices & the intricacies of cooking a curry.
It is available from Amazon
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Wheelchair access
Amaya can be accessed easily without special assistance. There is an accessible toilet.
Child Policy
Weekend Lunch: No children under 6 years
All other times: No children under 10 years
However, children of all ages are welcome at our highly regarded Masala Zone restaurants for which the reservation link is here
Location, Directions, Opening times, Last orders and Dress code
Please go here for information.
Dress code Our dress code is Smart / Elegant.
Our dress code is Smart / Elegant.
Our customers like to dine in a stylish environment and therefore we cannot entertain guests wearing scruffy jeans, polo-shirts emblazoned with logos or numbers, flip flops or sports sneakers, sportswear & baseball caps. Tailored shorts are acceptable until 30th August. Our restaurant managers will use utmost discretion and have complete authority to deny access to any guest whose attire and overall appearance doesn’t comply with the dress code.
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Copy of bill request Under the Data Protection regulations, we are unable to provide such information without verification of the identity of the person requesting matching the card information. Therefore customers will need to provide:
A scanned copy of a signed request from the cardholder under corporate headed paper.
The name of the restaurant, the time of the reservation, the name in which the reservation was made, and the number of persons in the party.
We are inundated with requests of one type or another to support charities – which are equivalent to our making charitable donations.
It is impractical and uneconomic for us to so do on an extensive basis. We already support a number of charities with whom we have a long term relationship. We do not participate in industry-wide collective events.
We are happy to support charities relating to schools close to where our restaurants are located. If you fall in this category please contact us.
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Photography and video is strictly prohibited within our fine dining restaurants to avoid any inconvenience and an invasion of privacy for our guests.
For reservations, please click here